Highlights
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7346" (Season 1994, Episode 65) aired on 1994-08-15.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (born 1962)
Adhiban Baskaran
Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
Linda Laubenstein
Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (born 1947)
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.
Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Matthew Judon
Matthew Judon, American football player
Clinton N'Jie
Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
Lasse Vigen Christensen
Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7346" (Season 1994, Episode 65) aired on 1994-08-15.
The Brothers Grunt
"The Ceremony" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1994-08-15.
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Alex Trebek, Tom Arnold, Wendy Liebman" (Season 1994, Episode 132) aired on 1994-08-15.
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
"Dave Thomas" (Season 1995, Episode 142) aired on 1995-08-15.
"Pauly Shore, Liz Torres, Christopher Castle" (Season 1994, Episode 90) aired on 1994-08-15.
"Charlie Sheen, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds" (Season 1995, Episode 136) aired on 1995-08-15.
"Willie Nelson, Sonny Bono" (Season 1995, Episode 138) aired on 1995-08-15.
"Charlton Heston" (Season 1996, Episode 16) aired on 1996-08-15.
"Dwight Gooden, Tom Selleck, George Jones" (Season 1996, Episode 130) aired on 1996-08-15.
The digital revolution was just getting started:
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